Congressional District 6
INCUMBENT
Jim Gerlach (R) - first elected to office in 2002, next election 2010. Was running for Governor in 2010, but now is running for reelection.
CHALLENGER
Manan Trivedi (D) - Physician and Iraq War veteran.
2002 Election Results in Berks County
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Percent
|
Vote Margin |
| Jim Gerlach | Republican | 31948 | 52.07% | +2558 |
| Dan Wofford | Democrat | 29390 | 47.90% | -2558 |
2004 Election Results in Berks County
| Precinct |
Murphy
|
Gerlach
|
Write-Ins
|
| Amity Township 01 | 778 | 1055 | 3 |
| Amity Township 02 | 1035 | 1590 | 0 |
| Bally Boro | 157 | 264 | 0 |
| Bechtelsville Boro | 128 | 234 | 0 |
| Birdsboro Boro 01 | 428 | 477 | 0 |
| Birdsboro Boro 02 | 548 | 646 | 1 |
| Boyertown Boro 01 | 363 | 473 | 0 |
| Boyertown Boro 02 | 360 | 420 | 1 |
| Brecknock Township 01 | 333 | 636 | 1 |
| Brecknock Township 02 | 523 | 823 | 0 |
| Caernarvon Township | 560 | 1164 | 0 |
| Colebrookdale Township 01 | 560 | 795 | 0 |
| Colebrookdale Township 02 | 437 | 477 | 0 |
| Cumru Township 01 | 400 | 441 | 0 |
| Cumru Township 02 | 803 | 1274 | 1 |
| Cumru Township 03 | 297 | 365 | 0 |
| Cumru Township 04 | 685 | 729 | 1 |
| Cumru Township 05 | 399 | 406 | 0 |
| Cumru Township 06 | 635 | 526 | 1 |
| District Township | 299 | 350 | 0 |
| Douglass Township 01 | 315 | 293 | 0 |
| Douglass Township 02 | 283 | 532 | 0 |
| Earl Township 02 | 257 | 449 | 0 |
| Exeter Township 01 | 732 | 936 | 1 |
| Exeter Township 02 | 791 | 769 | 0 |
| Exeter Township 03 | 663 | 733 | 1 |
| Exeter Township 04 | 741 | 715 | 1 |
| Exeter Township 05 | 460 | 348 | 3 |
| Exeter Township 06 | 1051 | 1374 | 0 |
| Exeter Township 07 | 700 | 626 | 0 |
| Hereford Township 01 | 264 | 306 | 0 |
| Kenhorst Boro 01 | 387 | 291 | 1 |
| Kenhorst Boro 02 | 349 | 237 | 0 |
| Kutztown Boro 01 | 570 | 526 | 1 |
| Kutztown Boro 02 | 367 | 282 | 1 |
| Longswamp Township 01 | 428 | 515 | 0 |
| Longswamp Township 02 | 504 | 710 | 0 |
| Lower Alsace Township 01 | 510 | 476 | 1 |
| Lower Alsace Township 02 | 705 | 530 | 1 |
| Maxatawny Township 01 | 224 | 438 | 0 |
| Maxatawny Township 02 | 105 | 156 | 0 |
| Maxatawny Township 03 | 386 | 469 | 0 |
| Mohnton Boro | 659 | 800 | 0 |
| Mt. Penn Boro | 731 | 596 | 0 |
| Muhlenberg Township 01 | 365 | 209 | 0 |
| Muhlenberg Township 04 | 456 | 266 | 1 |
| New Morgan Boro | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Reading 01-01 | 388 | 113 | 0 |
| Reading 03-02 | 387 | 115 | 0 |
| Reading 09-05 | 342 | 133 | 2 |
| Reading 13-04 | 257 | 92 | 0 |
| Reading 13-05 | 107 | 49 | 0 |
| Reading 14-01 | 385 | 153 | 0 |
| Reading 14-05 | 319 | 143 | 1 |
| Reading 14-06 | 275 | 131 | 1 |
| Reading 16-01 | 445 | 186 | 0 |
| Reading 16-02 | 259 | 95 | 1 |
| Reading 16-04 | 387 | 188 | 0 |
| Reading 16-05 | 223 | 165 | 1 |
| Reading 17-01 | 327 | 121 | 0 |
| Reading 17-02 | 216 | 120 | 0 |
| Reading 17-05 | 147 | 72 | 0 |
| Reading 17-06 | 386 | 188 | 0 |
| Reading 17-07 | 235 | 177 | 0 |
| Reading 17-08 | 464 | 281 | 2 |
| Reading 17-09 | 169 | 123 | 0 |
| Reading 18-01 | 424 | 319 | 0 |
| Reading 18-02 | 423 | 211 | 0 |
| Reading 18-03 | 312 | 175 | 0 |
| Reading 18-04 | 441 | 253 | 0 |
| Reading 19-01 | 473 | 238 | 3 |
| Robeson Township 01 | 384 | 753 | 1 |
| Robeson Township 02 | 446 | 630 | 1 |
| Robeson Township 03 | 395 | 760 | 0 |
| Shillington Boro 01 | 559 | 618 | 0 |
| Shillington Boro 02 | 622 | 712 | 2 |
| Sinking Spring Boro | 652 | 727 | 0 |
| South Heidelberg Township02 | 502 | 732 | 0 |
| Spring Township 01 | 784 | 1094 | 0 |
| Spring Township 02 | 575 | 495 | 2 |
| Spring Township 03 | 407 | 601 | 0 |
| Spring Township 04 | 470 | 602 | 0 |
| Spring Township 05 | 489 | 780 | 0 |
| Spring Township 06 | 921 | 1223 | 0 |
| Spring Township 07 | 489 | 785 | 0 |
| St. Lawrence Boro | 434 | 361 | 0 |
| Topton Boro | 422 | 415 | 0 |
| Union Township 01 | 597 | 715 | 0 |
| Union Township 02 | 134 | 272 | 0 |
| Washington Township | 588 | 903 | 0 |
| West Lawn Boro | 368 | 341 | 0 |
| West Reading Boro 01 | 419 | 269 | 0 |
| West Reading Boro 03 | 379 | 348 | 2 |
| Wyomissing Boro 01 | 615 | 702 | 0 |
| Wyomissing Boro 02 | 472 | 532 | 0 |
| Wyomissing Boro 03 | 286 | 606 | 0 |
| Wyomissing Boro 04 | 486 | 864 | 0 |
| Wyomissing Boro 05 | 618 | 925 | 1 |
| Vote Totals | 44039 | 48343 | 41 |
| Vote Margin | -4304 | +4304 | |
| Percent | 47.65% | 52.31% |